Nvidia demonstrates iPhone-like concept
updated 11:25 am EST, Wed February 14, 2007
Nvidia demos Quark phone
Though only a concept, Nvidia is using the 3GSM World Congress to demonstrate the Quark, a smartphone which bears no small similarity to the Apple iPhone. This is because of the controls, which are managed almost entirely through the Quark's three-inch touchscreen -- only the power/hold switch is a physical object. Likewise, the phone is particularly focused on media playback, with the ability to run music, photos and videos in a graphically rich environment. A three-megapixel camera actually tops the model found in the iPhone. The Quark as a whole exploits Nvidia's recent GoForce 6100 chipset, which combines GPU and CPU functions, as well as audio and 802.11b/g/i/e wireless. The phone is unlikely to make it into production, but Nvidia technology is already in third-party products. [via Gizmodo]












A lawsuit is sure to come
02/14, 03:34pm reply
A lawsuit is sure to come out of this one...couldn't they have come up with another name?
rednif
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the interface
02/14, 04:16pm reply
looks an awful lot like FrontRow... not a good idea. Or, more appropriately, a good idea that somebody else already had :)
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